Timor-Leste, also known as East Timor, is not too far from Australia yet feels like a completely different world. And as one of the world’s newest countries (Timor-Leste became the first new
East Timor offers a unique opportunity to focus attention on building a political culture based on respect for human rights and other democratic values at the same time that East Timorese rebuild The Greater Sunrise gas field is 450 kilometres north-west of Darwin and 150 kilometres south of East Timor. AP. Tripartite negotiations between East Timor, Australian government officials andOfficially called the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS), [1] the treaty provides for the equal distribution of revenue derived from the disputed Greater Sunrise oil and gas field between Australia and East Timor. The field is located in the Timor Gap
Initial joint operations by Timor’s army (F-FDTL) and police (PNTL) soon descended into armed clashes between the police, army, rebel soldiers and urban youth, with over 100 people being killed in 2006. The crisis extended beyond the security forces, leading to the fall of the government headed by then Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri.